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prostatitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the prostate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English prostate Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English prostatitis From prostate + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前列腺炎 (qiánlièxiànyán) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Czech: prostatitida — inflammation of the prostate
  • French: prostatite — inflammation of the prostate
  • German: Prostataentzündung — inflammation of the prostate
  • German: Entzündung der Prostata — inflammation of the prostate
  • German: Prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate
  • Greek: προστατίτιδα (prostatítida) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Japanese: 前立腺炎 (zenritsusen'en) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Malay: radang prostat — inflammation of the prostate
  • Malay: prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate
  • Mongolian: простатит (prostatit) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Mongolian: түрүү булчирхайн үрэвсэл (türüü bulčirxajn ürevsel) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Persian: پروستاتیت (porostâtit) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Portuguese: prostatite — inflammation of the prostate
  • Romanian: prostatită — inflammation of the prostate
  • Russian: простати́т (prostatít) — inflammation of the prostate
  • Spanish: prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate
  • Swedish: prostatit — inflammation of the prostate
  • Turkish: prostatit — inflammation of the prostate
  • Volapük: Prostataflamat — inflammation of the prostate